Classical Proofs
Everything has a cause, so all of creation must have a cause, which can be only God
What is the cosmological argument/proof?
A text that teaches the denial of God's existence as foolishness
What is Psalm 14:1?
The term used to mean that God is unable to be fully understood
What is the incomprehensibility of God?
The doctrine of salvation
What is soteriology?
The design of the universe demands an intelligent Designer
What is the teleological argument/proof?
A text that teaches that God delights in those who know him
What is Jeremiah 9:23-24?
The term used to mean that we can know God
What is knowability?
To agree/disagree with Scripture is to agree/disagree with God
What is the authority of Scripture?
There must be a God who is the source of our sense of right and wrong
What is the moral argument/proof?
A text that teaches that eternal life is situated in knowing God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent
What is John 17:3?
God's book of Creation
What is general revelation?
The characteristic of God that teaches that he has made himself known and available to creatures
The view that all people who ever lived will be saved
What is universalism?
God must be the greatest being imaginable
What is the ontological argument/proof?
A text that teaches that God's glory is unsearchable
What is Psalm 145:3?
God's book of Scripture
What is special revelation?
Only He can overcome our sin and enable us to be persuaded of God's existence
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The view that Scripture contains all the words of God we need for salvation, for trusting him perfectly, and for obeying him perfectly.
What is the sufficiency of Scripture?
The term to describe our instinctive awareness of God’s existence
What is the inner sense of God?
A passage that teaches that sin will cause people to deny their knowledge of God
What is Romans 1:18-19?
The distinction that demonstrates the intrinsic/ontological gap between God and Man
What is the Creator/Creature Distinction?
What is the transcendence of God?
The view that people who do not believe in Jesus will one day be destroyed and blotted from existence
What is annihilationism?